Month: October 2023
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Judgemental
What’s something most people don’t know about you? I am an intelligent and polite person. It covers a lot of my other sins. For instance I think the world is full of people that are stupid, rude, or both. I am one of the most judgmental people you will probably never meet. People don’t see…
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Isolated but not Lonely
I have a lot of friends but they do not visit me. In their defense I don’t visit them either. I don’t drive so it’s not particularly practical to walk all over the city considering the responsibilities I have at this point in my life. So I go to Walgreens to feel connected to the…
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Stuck in Crisis: Excerpt 5
I felt broken. I felt threatened. Things I’d buried stirred from within my own darkened depths. I tried to silence them with food. I ate too much too often and made myself sick. I tried to regain access to my diabetic medications, but my requests were denied. I thought my doctors knew something about my…
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Late At Night
Palmyra Collection Book of Mormon I received and began reading the earliest version of the Book of Mormon today on Wednesday October 18th 2023 at 12 noon Alcohol I drank a shot of Rum-Chata at 10:15pm Thursday 19 October 2023
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Cozy Inn
My wife and I just finished a date at the second oldest continuously running Chinese restaurant in the United States which just happens to be a few blocks away. They’ve gotten a lot of good press lately for their 100 year anniversary and the grant to restore their neon sign. If you come make sure…
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Neighborhood Convenience Store
My wife wanted creamer for her coffee. I wanted a Vanilla Coke. My youngest son is feeling better after being sick for weeks and was up for a walk and some treats. So we walked to the convenience store. He got treats. I got treats. My wife got a treat. Sadly they do not have…
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Stuck in Crisis: Excerpt 4
Slowly, under the influence of Heavenly Mother, something in my perspective shifted. Up until that point, my focus on self-care was just a means to an end. I had to get better in order to be the mother my children needed. As I fought to live and to regain what little strength I’d had left…
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History
When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? When I was still trying to get my Associates Degree I spent a lot of time in the college library. One of the books I found fascinating was a list of the author’s choices of the most influential…